South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will
travel to Addis Ababa Thursday for a three-day official visit, according
to the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Tewolde
Mulugeta, said the
two countries will sign a number of cooperation agreements including
with regards to security issues.
Mulugeta said: “The visit will enhance the bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries.”
Ethiopia hosted talks between the South Sudanese government and the opposition rebels from January 2014 to August 2015.
Tens
of thousands of South Sudanese lost their lives and 2 million were
displaced in the fighting that followed the fallout between President
Salva Kiir and his former vice president Riek Machar in mid-December
2013.
The political settlement signed
in August 2015 was stalled when renewed clashes erupted last July
between opposing forces backing Kiir and Machar.
Ethiopia
hosts about 280,000 South Sudanese refugees, according to data obtained
from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Meanwhile,
the African Union Commission in a statement on Wednesday expressed
'deep' concern over the deterioration of the security situation in South
Sudan in recent weeks.
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